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15 Miss Universe 2018 candidates most followed on Instagram

IMAGE @sthefanygutierrez1 on Instagram, @catriona_gray on Instagram, @angelaponceofficial on Instagram

Who among the Miss Universe candidates with the most number of Instagram followers will win the Miss Universe 2018 crown? (In photo, left to right) Miss Venezuela Sthefany Gutierrez, Miss Philippines Catriona Gray, and Miss Spain Angela Ponce currently hold the top three spots on the app.

The power of social media has been turning people's lives around, for better or for worse.

For the topic at hand, it is interesting to see if the influence of social network can help win the Miss Universe crown.

The beauty pageant is currently being held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Here are 15 Miss Universe candidates garnering the most number of followers on Instagram as of the morning of December 10.

Miss Greece Ioanna Bella: 159,039 followers

A make-up artist and beauty therapist by profession, the 22-year-old model, according to her Miss Universe bio, has ties with with a non-profit organization endeavoring to build "a cancer hospital and a 500 housing relief project" for the flood victims in South India.

Miss Panama Rosa Iveth Montezuma: 276,475 followers

The first indigenous woman to be crowned Miss Panama, Rosa said the title “has been a platform for people to become aware that indigenous people are not just a group far from the city, and that they can achieve things.”

The 25-year-old Miss Universe candidate spent much of her life in a village without electricity.

In her interviews, she recalled having to cross rivers to get to her school.